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Hi all ive just been diagnosed with breast cancer although don’t know that much yet about what treatment will be needed as still waiting for some test results before we make a treatment plan. I have a quick question that I’m hoping someone here might...
After chemotherapy i had a scan for something else and they found some 4mm lung nodules. I have just had the folloe up scan and waiting for the results. I am really worried. They said its likely to be benigh but i the uncertainty is hard. Ive gone through...
Hi all. I’m new here as I’ve just been diagnosed with grade lobular breast cancer. I had breast pain for a few months but no lump and on the 3rd visit to my GP and 2nd to the breast unit (the 2nd they sent me to A&E with suspected heart attack!) they...
Hi, i am due to have the DIEP reconstruction soon and starting to go through my list of what I need to get. Can anyone recommend the best bras/underwear to buy? Thanks in advance. X
Hi, I am 68 and was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer last year - and after a lumpectomy and radiotherapy, I was prescribed Letrozole for 5 years. I then found out I have osteoporosis. Letrozole can make the bones even worse, and I am wondering if...
Hi I want to know if anyone else has or is suffering from this ? Almost straight after my Surgery I started suffering different symptoms of this starting with my stomach bloating so much that I looked pregnant! I have also been suffering with pains...
Following my lumpectomy and SNLB, I have had a little tenderness going down my arm from my armpit. I noticed in the shower today an inflamed, sinewy "cord" there. Has anyone else experienced cording? What did you do about it? Jo xx
Hi, I’m currently taking chewable calcium and vitamin D tablets after dexa scan showed osteoporosis in hip and general osteopenia. I’m aching after weekly alendronic acid tablet and wondering if others have had a similar experience? Also I’m finding the...
Hi just a query about the difference in detection. Can a mammogram show benign calcification results but a further ultrasound show a cancerous lump not detected by the mammogram?
Hello Well today, 4th March 2026, is the day! I will be up at 5.15 to get myself to my daughter's by 6 and she will take me to hospital for my op. This is the 2nd time I have had to look cancer straight in the eye and said "I can do this, I will...
